Melanoma Alternative Medicine
Beyond Skin Care Myths
Myth 1: Your skin can block toxic chemicals from your skin care products.
Answer: False
Principle: The skin is the largest organ of the body and is responsible for a variety of functions including protection, sensation, excretion, immunity, blood reservoir, and Vitamin D synthesis. Instead of applying skin products that are chemically toxic to the skin, which can go directly into the blood, liver, brain, lymph, and fat cells, apply moisturizers and other products that are free from the following ingredients: sodium lauryl sulfate (any sulfates), propylene glycol, alcohol, parabens, imidazolidinyl and diazolidinyl urea, synthetic colors, triethanolamine, mineral oil, petroleum, and other chemical based ingredients.
Practice:Be aware. Read your label and be aware of what you actually put on your skin. Buy skin care products that do not have the above ingredients.
Myth 2: The skin needs to drink, feed and breathe.
Answer: True
Principle: Dehydration, lack of topical nutrients and lack of oxygen can perpetuate skin aging. The skin has a capacity of 80% water. The best moisturizer for the skin is water from water soluble moisturizers. This, along with a wellness approach to life, will create juicy plump smooth skin. The shine from oil based moisturizers creates an illusion of moisture. The oils prevent water loss from the skin and do not add any more water than what is already present. The oils are therefore no use to the skin’s natural water binding soluble substances. In addition, the oils create a protective barrier that does not allow the skin to breathe causing hypoxia which damages the skin. For your skin to breathe and absorb the nutrients from the oils, the oils must also be water soluble. Other ingredients found in skin care products that help with hydration and nourishment are ionized atomic minerals and natural sugars.
Practice: Acknowledge that you skin has its own life force that is not separate from you. Enhance the life force of your skin by giving it natural plant based formulations that utilize water soluble properties, ionized atomic minerals, and chemical free ingredients. Allow your skin to completely hydrate, nourish, and breathe.
Myth 3: pH balanced skin care products are best for the skin.
Answer: False
Principle: The skin is a reflection of the whole. Just like the human body, it needs a higher or more alkaline pH for nutrients to be optimally absorbed and utilized by the cells. This type of an environment carries the greatest amount of oxygen that a healthy cell needs. Most products that are available contain chemicals that are depleted of oxygen and have an acidic pH. Many products, including “natural ones”, that are said to be pH balanced are due to the mixture of chemicals present which tricks the body into receiving the toxins as nutrients.
Practice: Find out for yourself. Test your product with pH paper that has a range of 5.5 to 8.0. Optimal pH range would be 7.2 or above.
Myth 4: Sunblock stops skin cancer.
Answer: False
Principle: As noted by The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “…the incidence of melanoma of the skin has increased significantly [in the United States] by 7.7% per year from 2003 to 2005 among men, and increased significantly by 2.9% per year from 1993 to 2005 among women. When considering the use of a sun block, understand that the majority protect from the UVB rays that prevent sunburn and not the UVA rays that are extremely more damaging to the skin. What you probably don’t know is that sun block typically needs to be reapplied about every hour.. When using sun block, you are also protecting yourself from receiving Vitamin D that is an essential nutrient for cancer prevention. In addition, sun blocks contain numerous toxic chemicals that are even more harmful to your body.
Practice: Be responsible. Limit your exposure to the sun to before 10am and after 2-3pm when the sun is not at its peak. This will allow you to still get your Vitamin D nourishment for the day. Look into current sun protection products that use desert plants.
Myth 5: Lifestyle has a direct effect on premature aging.
Answer: True
Principle: Depending on your lifestyle habits, it is well documented that smoking and long term sun exposure quickens the aging process of the skin. This can result in the following: loss of elasticity, fine and deep wrinkles, skin damage, thin skin, skin cancer, dullness of skin, and leathery skin.
Practice: Honor yourself. Your skin is an expression of how well you take care of yourself.
Myth 6: What you eat and drink has no long term effect on the health of your skin.
Answer: False
Principle: Your skin has natural regenerative qualities. Anti-aging is when the next generation of cells are healthier than the first. Your skin’s health and radiance is affected by how you choose to nourish yourself. What building blocks do you choose? You can help defy premature aging with optimal hydration and an increase in consumption of fruits and vegetables. You will not only help to moisturize from the inside out. You will also enhance oxygenation, reduce free radical damage, reduce inflammation, increase alkalinity, and enhance healing.
Practice: Choose to nourish for long term effects of youthfulness.
Myth 7: Stress can cause wrinkles.
Answer: True
Principle: Life’s challenges are never ending. Stress can be thought of as a stimulus or change that the body must respond to immediately. This response in physiology can either reflect optimal adaptability or survival. For many, there is a constant bombardment of emotional stress, environmental stress, lifestyle challenges, physical stress, work deadlines, trauma, relationship problems, death in the family, irritations, annoyances, worries, fears, burdens, and so on, that trigger a constant barrage of cortisol in the body for its survival. Cortisol is a hormone that is released when your automatic defense mechanism senses an emergency and triggers a survival response. Your body is not designed for a constant stress response. Breakdown, exhaustion and premature aging internally and externally will predominate.
Practice: Get back to basics. Breathe and focus on what you are thankful and grateful for!!!
Myth 8: Your natural radiant glow is in direct proportion to living a passionate life.
Answer: It’s up to you.
Principle: Have you ever noticed that there is a magnificent glow expressed by those that are living an authentic and passionate life. They gently radiate love and compassion. Coming from passion, they are genuinely happy which shows in their state and physiology. The beauty is seen beyond the skin. We see the beauty in who they truly are.
Practice: Find your passion, be your passion and live your passion for the good of all.
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